Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 8,159 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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William Miles (1931-2013)
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Cassandra Quin Butts (1965- )
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Curtis James (“50 Cent”) Jackson III (1975- )
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Harry J. Elam Jr. (1957- )

Explore Global African History

Rudolph Dunbar
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W. Rudolph Dunbar (1907-1988)
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Partido de Independiente de Color (Cuba, 1908-1912)
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Lincoln MacCauley Alexander (1922-2012)
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Manuel Carlos Piar (1782-1817)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Manet Harrison
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Manet Harrison And Stephen Fowler: The First Black Power Couple?
Publicity Still From 'Sergeant Rutledge'
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In the Heat of the West: Woody Strode, Sergeant Rutledge, and the Buffalo Soldier
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Dr. Cornelius Golightly (1917-1976): The Life of an Academic and Public Intellectual
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I Remember Madiba: Paul Suzman Eulogizes Nelson Mandela

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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